Rotting Christ pledge unyielding pagan might on ‘Saoirse’, another track from their highly anticipated upcoming new album ‘Pro Xristou’, set for release in May via Season of Mist!
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News Posts
Earlier this week, Metal Blade Records announced the worldwide signing of the popular Swedish melodic death/black metallers Kvaen!
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Finnish folk metal outfit Folkrim shared their new single ‘Suoherran Hovi’, a track from their anticipated new album ‘Embers’, set for release in April via Rockshots Records!
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Greek extreme metal legends Rotting Christ shared a first single ‘Like Father, Like Son’ from their upcoming new album ‘Pro Xristou’, set for release in May via Season of Mist!
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Progressive extreme metal outfit Winterhorde announced their new album ‘Neptunian’ to be released in December via Noble Demon and shared the first video single ‘The Spirit Of Freedom’!
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Finnish extreme metal band i Helvete released the new single ‘Paratiisi’, another track from their upcoming concept album ‘Yksi Yhteinen Yhteiskunta’, set for release via Inverse Records at the end of next month!
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Epic extreme metal trio Craving shared the new single and video ‘Gods Don’t Negotiate’, featuring Cradle Of Filth’s Marek “Ashok” Šmerda, a track from the upcoming album ‘Call Of The Sirens’, set for release next month via Massacre Records!
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Texan black metal outlaws Necrofier announced their 2nd full-length ‘Burning Shadows in the Southern Night’ to be released via Season of Mist in June and unleashed a first single with ‘Burnt By The Sacred Flame’!
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Aara presents the song ‘Nyx’ from their upcoming concluding installment of the Triade album trilogy, ‘Triade III: Nyx’, set for release at the end of March via Debemur Morti Productions.
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Melodic black metal outfit Outlaw unleashed the single ‘Everything That Becomes Nothing’ from the upcoming new album ‘Reaching Beyond Assiah’, set for release at the end of March via AOP Records!
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Album Reviews
Cincinnati, Ohio based melodic black metal outfit Valdrin is back with a bombastic symphonic offering inspired by fictional magical realms and magic. “Throne Of The Lunar Soul” is out now via Blood Harvest.
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Finnish melodic black metal stalwarts Moonlight Sorcery paint shimmering landscapes of winter on their first studio album “Horned Lord of The Thorned Castle” which amalgamate the fantasy style of Scandinavian melodies with a sense of fantasy. Out now via Avantgarde Music!
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Mastermind V-Khaoz of Vargrav continues to carve his sonic art in the footsteps of the Norwegian masters Emperor, the new EP output “Encircle the Spectral Dimension” emphasizes the majestic art of symphonic black metal. Out via Werewolf Records.
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On their seventh album “Katharsis” Keep of Kalessin unfolds a formidable array of blazing riffs, majestic symphonic arrangements and epic song structures combined with rapid ferocity, mastermind Obsidian Claw may have delivered his best outing since the band’s 2006 album “Armada”. Out via Back on Black!
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Mystic Circle’s 9th album “Erzdämon” is a real work of menace, and it is as fierce and brutal as its predecessor. But this time the duo has injected tons of melodic hooks while staying true to their sound, the album is highly recommended for fans of Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir and Old Man’s Child. Out via Fireflash Records!
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Moonlight Sorcery has achieved greatness with the latest EP: the guitar work stems from the neoclassical style of Yngwie Malmsteen combined with the blistering velocity melodic black/death metal. ‘Nightwind: The Conqueror From The Stars’ is highly recommended if you listen to bands like Children of Bodom, Ensiferum, and melodic black metal of the 00s. Released via Avantgarde music on January 13th, 2023.
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Swiss black metal duo Ateiggär on the first studio album “Tyrannemord” incorporates something rare that makes their music one of a kind, this is a great Nordic-inspired piece of a symphonic black metal that comes similar to bands like Kvist. Out via Eisenwald.
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Ymir’s sophomore release “Aeons of Sorrow” invokes the cold icy melodies of the mid-nineties Finnish black metal, mastermind Vrasjarn maintains the characteristic sound of the band and for this reason, the new album will appeal to many fans of the genre. Released via Werewolf Records.
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Finnish renowned veterans L.L. (all instruments), and M.M. (Vocals and lyrics) present their symphonic oeuvre under the moniker of Pestilent Hex. Debut album “Ashen Abhorrence” finds its way into the magical hallmarks of melodic/symphonic black metal of the early nineties and was released with Debemur Morti Productions.
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Finnish black outfit Moonlight Sorcery’s musical quest wanders across the creative hallmarks of the Scandinavian black metal, the debut EP “Piercing Through the Frozen Eternity” offers a refreshing and inspirational muse to fans of melodic black metal, out via Avantgarde Music!
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